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distance between two points
compute distance between two points,where it is in Cartesian, Polar or Spherical coordinates.

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Wheat on a chessboard pt 2
If a chessboard were to have wheat placed upon each square such that x grains were placed on the first square and each successiv...

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Wheat on a chessboard pt 1
If a chessboard were to have wheat placed upon each square such that one grain were placed on the first square and each successi...

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matrix of natural number
Given a number n, create an n-by-n matrix in which the integers from 1 to n^2 resides seially as shown in the examples below. ...

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Return 'on' or 'off'
When the input is true, return 'on', otherwise, return 'off'.

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matrix zigzag
Unfold a 2-D matrix to a 1-D array in zig-zag order, e.g., for matrix [ 1 2 3 ; 4 5 6 ; 7 8 9 ] the resulting 1-...

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Calculate Alcohol By Volume with Original and Final Gravity
Given an initial gravity of un-fermented wort (OG) and a final gravity of fermented wort (FG), better known as beer, it is possi...

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Happy 2013...
Happy 2013, everyone! An interesting tidbit about 2013 is that it is the first year since 1987 to contain four different digits...

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Sum the Digits of a Number
Given an integer, sum the digits repeatedly until you end up with a single value less than 10. For example, if you add the di...

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Spot the rectangle
This problem is related to the <http://bit-player.org/2009/the-17x17-challenge 17x17 challenge>. Given a matrix filled with ones...

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Minefield Sonar
*Background* In mine-hunting games (e.g. Microsoft Minesweeper), the user is provided with a covered grid that, upon a left c...

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Get the elements of diagonal and antidiagonal for any m-by-n matrix
In the problem <http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/858-permute-diagonal-and-antidiagonal Problem 858. Permute ...

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Unique values without using UNIQUE function
You must return unique values in a vector in *stable* mode without using the unique function. About stable order flag: ...

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Find third Side of a right triangle given hypotenuse and a side. No * - or other functions allowed
Find the remaining side of a triangle given the hypotenuse and a side. However, the normal functions and symbols are not allowe...

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Subtract two positive numbers
Given a and b as a string, return b-a without using string to number conversion functions. a and b must to be a same size and b ...

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Wind outward from the center ...
Create an n-by-n matrix with elements ranging from 1 to n^2 in a rectangular spiral pattern. Example if n = 5 : 21 ...

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Sum the elements in either diagonal of a square matrix
Sum the elements of a square matrix that lie on either the major diagonal or anti-diagonal.

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Find the maximum number of decimal places in a set of numbers
Given a vector or matrix of values, calculate the maximum number of decimal places within the input. Trailing zeros do not coun...

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Selecting books on MATLAB for experts and beginners (blindfolded)
* Imagine you have been blindfolded and asked to pick up any two books randomly from the table. * There are n books suitable f...

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Clock Hand Angle 1
Given a time in HH:MM:SS, find the smallest angle (in degrees) between the hour and minute hand

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Are all the three given point in the same line?
In this problem the input is the coordinate of the three points in a XY plane? P1(X1,Y1) P2(X2,Y2) P3(X3,Y3) how can...

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Make a diamond
Given n, odd number > 1, return n by n matrix consist of "null" and "*" characters arranged like a diamond. No toolbox funct...

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Generate pi using logarithm
Generate pi using logarithm

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Einsteinium-253 decay
Radioactive Einsteinium-253 has a half-life of 1,768,608 seconds. Given 1000mg of Einsteinium-253 at t=0 days, how much is lef...

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Remove from a 2-D matrix all the rows that contain at least one element less than or equal to 4
Example: in = magic(5) in = 17 24 1 8 15 23 5 7 14 16 4 6 13 20 ...

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Formatting currency numbers
Given a number, format it properly for textual display using the notation $xxx,xxx,xxx.xx. Assume that no more than two digits ...

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Create a matrix X, where each column is a shifted copy of the vector v
Example : in->v = (1:5)'; 1 2 3 4 5 out-> [1 5 4 3 2;2 1 5 4 3;3 2 1 5 4;4 3 2 1 5;5 4 3 ...

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Create a dictionary
The goal is to write a function that returns a dictionary from a list of words or phrases and their definitions. Here is an exam...

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Numbers with prime factors 2, 3 and 5.
Make a function which takes one positive integer n and returns a matrix with the numbers of the form (2^i)*(3^j)*(5^k) which are...

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Given a matrix, return the last eigen value
Given a matrix, return the first eigen value For example: x = magic(5) 17 24 1 8 15 23 5 7 14 ...

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